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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (84): statin use, long haul flight transmission, WHO
COVID-19 -- Worldwide/UnknownPatients who used statins prior to COVID-19 hospitalization were almost 50% less likely to experience 30-day in-hospital mortality compared with those that didn't, according to a retrospective study published late last week in Nature Communications [see [B] below].Statins are drugs meant to reduce blood fat for conditions such as high cholesterol, and, as such, they have anti-inflammatory and anti-clotting properties.The researchers matched 648 patients who used statins Read more [...]
